The Portland daily press., 1887-03-22

as president of the common council. Seth
o. Rogers was reelected city clerk. and Cv.
rus W. Longley was reelected clerk of the
common council. Mayor Wakefield. in his
address, recommends that standard time he
adopted, and considers the adjustment OF
the city liquor agency by the last city gov.
ernment as unwise, and believes that the
agency should be continued. The city debt
has been reduced during the last two years.
$4,000.
Town Election at Orono.
oRoNo, March 2l.-At the town election
today, Hon. Samuel I.ibbey was elected
moderator, Albert White clerk and treasur-
er, A. 4. Lewis, A. J. Durgin and Nathan
Frost selectmen. Prof. George H. Hamlin,
OF the Maine State College, was elected
school committee for three years. All are
Republicans. Standard time was adopted.
IL was voted to abate the taxes for FIVE years
If any new manufacturing enterprise invest
ing not less than $4,000, be started.
Auburn's New City Government.
AUBURN. March 21.-Mayor Penley's ad-
dress reports the bonded debt of the city at
$227,500, reduction from last year. j. W.
Mitchell was elected city clerk, G. C. Wing,
solicitor, F. f. Goss, street commissioner; A.
A. Miller, engineer; Francis Packard, as
SCISSOR.
Two Maine Men Lost at Sea.
New YORK, March 2l.-Schooner Melissa
Trask, Nickerson, at City Island, from Ar
royo, P. r., for Boston, reports March 14th,
in northwest gale, the mate, Mr. b. Ober,
of Sedgwick, Me-, was knocked overheard
by the mainboom. On the same day the
second mato, Elmer B. Nickerson of Orring-
ton, Me-, was washed overheard from the
bowsprit; one seaman had leg broken and
the captain was badly ruptured. The
schooner had heavy weather during the
whole passage; lost flying jib-boom, etc.
Beifast's New City Government.
BELFAST, March 21.-The new city gov
ernment organized today. Arthur l. Brown
was chosen president of the common council,
Lucius H. Murch city clerk, Nathan f.
Houston treasurer, A. c. Ellingwood city
physician, Joseph Williamson city solicitor,
A. A. Small William NJ. Woods, George B.
Ferguson, assessors; trustees of the free Ii
brary, Mayor Burgess, Joseph Williamson,
Daniel Haraden, William G. Marshall, Ben
Hezeltine.
A Schooner Damaged.
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass, March 2l-The
schooner st. Johns, Gilmore, from Norfolk
for Belfast, which vessel had her headgear
carried away by collision, as before report
ed, arrived here tonight, and will be towed
to Belfast
Municipal Politics at Biddeferd.
BIDDEFoRD, March 21.-Then new city gov
ernment was inaugurated today. The ballot
ing for subordinate officers was intensely in
teresting, both boards standing politically so
nearly equal in numbers. In joint conven-
tion the Democrats have majority of two,
but in balloting for some Of the principal Of
ficers the vote resulted in a tie, and Mayor
Parcher was obliged to cast the decisive vote.
Six of the seven officers elected today are
Democrats. Tonight the city council held an
adjourned meeting for the purpose of COM
pleting the list, but adjourned without doing
SO. In the lower board the vote to adjourn
was doubted, and the yeas and nays being
called a deadlock resulted, whereupon the
Democrats all left their seats amid great
confusion. The political outlook of munich.
pal matters here is the most exciting one for
years.
Not Much of a Sensation.
BANGOR, March 21.-Boys this afternoon
discovered what appeared to be the body of
a man in the woods in the outskirts of the
city, buried in the snow. An investigation
by the police discovered a lot of clothing, a
hat, etc, and five packages containing boxes,
writing desks tnnls etc IT has since haan